Ah, Christmas time. Everywhere you go people are putting up the Christmas Tree and decorating the house. At school they've begun to decorate as well by putting up wreaths and trees in pretty much every building. On my morning freedom run from calculus the other day, I discovered that the tree by the cafeteria actually had paper ornaments with names and information on them. I quickly realized it was a giving tree, so I plucked one of the ornaments off and took it home. It was for a little girl age 8, who wanted a toy for christmas. All the kids on the giving tree are from West Caldwell (if I remember correctly), and it's so close to the school, it's depressing. I came back a few days later, and a whole bunch of the paper ornaments are gone. I'd like to think people took them to buy the gifts for the kids and not blown away by the wind. I brought the paper home to my mom and of course she was happy to help supply a kid with a good Christmas and actually wanted to buy multiple toys and some clothes for her as well XD.
I went to church on Sunday (chewing through the restraints as they dragged me inside) and low and behold there was ANOTHER giving tree. I was excited. My family and I have always taken a tag from the tree and bought something for a kid without a christmas. I had to wait until after church was over to pick up a tag because we were running late (blame my mom's uncooperative hair). I came out after it was over, and it was a mob scene! There was a huge swarm of people around the giving tree grabbing tags right and left. I stuck my arm in and grabbed whatever I could get, and I got a tag with a 4 year old girl who wanted a Best Friend's Club Doll for Christmas. It's amazing how around the holidays people give even if they may not normally have the means for it. My mom bought a ton for those 2 kids, so I hope they have a good Christmas. If possible, who ever reads this, pick up a tag from the giving tree in the cafeteria or academic building and help make someone's Christmas special.
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